Agile Delivery Consultant

Agile Delivery Consultant

Agile Delivery Consultant develops, automates and manages software production and test environments with focus on feature, negative and performance/scale aspects. Defines and maintains test system configuration and test data. Performs test executions and creates test scripts for complex integrated systems. Establishes goals and objectives for appropriate testing cycles. Defines and maintains test standards and quality assurance tasks. Implements test processes on projects, writes test plans, procedures and scripts, and analyzes test results

Role & Responsibilities

Ensure that the project team adheres to project operational standards and follow Microsoft Azure DevOps processes for reporting tasks, defects and time. Organize and lead project status, working meetings and scrum ceremonies if applicable (such as daily standup, backlog grooming session and sprint retrospectives). Prepare and distribute progress reports and meeting minutes. With help from the team, implement, and maintain the project or work plan. Collaborate with the Product Owner to coordinate project schedules. Ensure that the project team follows all quality assurance processes, including periodic reviews and knowledge transitions with minimum impact on project delivery. Ensure that all requirements, project plans, and changes to commitment are communicated to all affected stakeholders. Manage relationships and coordinate work between different teams at different locations. Define release scope and schedule, with focus on regular and timely delivery of value. Collaborate with team to identify impediments and help facilitate resolution. Seek management help to remove impediments being faced by the team. Represent the project team at meetings. Create project and work plans for assigned program work streams. Balance scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risks. Make adjustments as necessary. Measure and monitor progress at clearly defined points in the process and take corrective actions to deliver the project on time, within budget. Obtain buy-in from senior management for all key project plans, commitments, and changes including requirements, quality assurance plans, budget, schedule, and scope changes. Help define team member roles and expectations, and ensure project resources are used effectively. Assist in team development, while holding teams accountable for their commitments and removing roadblocks to their work; Assist in leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work Help manage relationships with all suppliers and subcontractors. Monitor their progress and adherence to the contract.